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1:40 PM ET, September 5, 2024

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The Guardian:
US conservative influencers say they are ‘victims’ of Russian disinformation campaign  —  Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson addressed allegations that a company they were associated with had been paid to publish videos with messages in favour of Russia  —  A number of high-profile …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Liz Cheney Comes to Play  —  No throat-clearing fiddle-faddle to start today: Too much good stuff to get to!  Happy Thursday.  —  Cheney's Endorsement Was No Accident  —William Kristol  —  Liz Cheney spoke yesterday at Duke University, a very fine school known for being a five-time NCAA national men's basketball champion.
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Long tonight, folks, but it's been quite a day.  And even still, I did not mention the day's horrific shooting at a Georgia school.  —  Today, Vice President Kamala Harris announced a series of proposals to help entrepreneurs create small businesses.  Like President Joe Biden …
NPR:
How Russian operatives covertly hired U.S. influencers to create viral videos  —  Federal officials have accused Russia of using unwitting right-wing American influencers in its quest to spread Kremlin propaganda ahead of the 2024 presidential election.  —  On Wednesday, the Justice Department charged …
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Blaze fires contributor linked to alleged Russian operation  —  THE SCOOP  —  A conservative American media company has fired one of the YouTubers implicated in an alleged Russian influence operation exposed by the US Department of Justice this week.  —  “Lauren Chen was an independent contractor …
NBC News:
Russian money was funneled to right-wing creators through a pro-Trump media outlet: prosecutors
Brittney Melton / NPR:
Details on Georgia school shooting suspect. And, Russian media hired U.S. influencers
Discussion: IJR
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Liz Cheney, a Top G.O.P. Trump Critic, Says She Will Vote for Harris
CNN:
Harris breaks with Biden on capital gains tax, proposing a smaller increase
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Trump campaign threatens to fire staff who leak to the press
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
CNN:
Liz Cheney says she is voting for Harris for president
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Hunter Biden asks to change plea to guilty in federal tax case  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Play Video  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 … Stream Type LIVE  —  Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE  —  Playback Rate  —  Chapters  — Chapters  —  Descriptions
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NBC News:
Hunter Biden intends to change his plea in federal tax charges  —  The president's son was indicted in December on three felony and six misdemeanor counts alleging that he failed to pay his taxes over several years.  —  LOS ANGELES — Hunter Biden intends to change his plea …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Finally: Top Journo Erupts at Media for Ignoring Trump's Mental State  —  For many months, media critics and liberal Democrats have insisted that Donald Trump's mental unfitness for the presidency is—or should be treated as—a big and important news story in and of itself.
New York Times:
Harris or Trump?  The Prophet of Presidential Elections Is Ready to Call the Race.  —  Featuring Allan Lichtman  —  Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are scheduled to debate on Sept. 10, but the 2024 presidential election is already in the bag — at least according to Allan Lichtman …
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David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Accuses Donald Trump of Trying to Muzzle Her in TV Debate
Will Steakin / ABC News:
ABC News releases rules for Sept. 10 debate between Harris and Trump
Associated Press:
Former 2016 Trump campaign adviser is charged over working for sanctioned Russian TV  —  The U.S. government has charged a Russian-born U.S. citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign with working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering the proceeds.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A new reminder that Russian interference was never a ‘hoax’  —  It just succeeded in a way that Russia could never have predicted.  —  Ten years ago, two Russian nationals, Aleksandra Krylova and Anna Bogacheva, spent a month touring the United States.  Their itinerary included stops across the country …
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
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Axios:
Trump campaign shifts as its path to victory narrows … - Trump's also refocusing on other states — North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada — where he had significant polling leads before Harris made them competitive. … - Trump held rallies in Minnesota, Virginia and even deep-blue New Jersey …
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NBC News:
Harris raised over $300 million in August, extending cash windfall  —  Money has been pouring into the Democratic presidential campaign since President Joe Biden stepped aside from the 2024 election in July.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' political operation raised more than $300 million …
Matthew Cantor / The Guardian:
The strangest insult in US politics: why do Republicans call it ‘the Democrat party’?  —  For almost a century, opponents have removed the ‘ic’ from ‘Democratic’.  Is it doing them any good?  —  The Democratic party?  Robert F Kennedy Jr's never heard of it.
WTVF-TV:
TBI agents raid Millersville Police Department, home of town's ‘conspiracy cop’ as probe intensifies  —  MILLERSVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents raided the Millersville Police Department on Wednesday, executing a search warrant as the criminal investigation …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
Trump's wealth shrinks by $4 billion as DJT shares hit a record low  —  Former President Donald Trump's personal stake in Trump Media & Technology Group topped more than $6 billion in March when its shares soared after making their public market debut.  Nearly six months later …
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
The Real Reason Donald Trump Insults the U.S. Military  —  Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers.  Our next Q&A is Friday, Sept. 6, 1-2pmET.  Our guest will be Jonathan Metzl, the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry and director of the Department of Medicine …
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
New poll has bad news for Democrats in key Senate race  —  If Republicans oust Tester in Montana, it could deliver the party control of the Senate.  —  Vulnerable Democratic Sen. Jon Tester trails his GOP opponent by 8 points in a new independent poll of Montana's Senate race …
Richard Luscombe / Mother Jones:
Florida Fires Worker Who Exposed Ron DeSantis' Plan to Bulldoze State Parks  —  James Gaddis tanked a secretive scheme to build hotels and golf courses on preserved land.  —  Florida's department of environmental protection has fired a whistleblower who exposed and sank governor Ron DeSantis' secretive plan …
Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
That photo of people wearing 'Nebraska Walz's for Trump' shirts?  They're distant cousins  —  A sister of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz says she doesn't recognize the people wearing “Nebraska Walz's for Trump” T-shirts in a photo that is making the rounds on social media.
Ian Hanchett / Breitbart:
Schumer Dodges on Why He Opposes Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote: GOP Funding Bill ‘Filled with Poison Pills’  —  During an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that the only way to keep the government funded is through a bipartisan bill …
 
 
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Alice Herman / The Guardian:
State Republican parties renominate electors who were on fake slate in 2020
Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
Trump pleads not guilty to revised US 2020 election indictment
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Michigan Republicans enlist extremist who opposed abortion for rape victims because “God put them in this moment”
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
‘A Big Ripoff’: White Nationalist Nick Fuentes Blasts Trump for Admitting He Lost the 2020 Election
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GOP sees worrying signs in North Carolina governor's race
Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
Elon Musk is absolutely not a ‘free speech absolutist’
Glenn Kirschner / MSNBC:
Trump's latest admission on Fox News is great news for Jack Smith
Discussion: Salon, HuffPost and Raw Story
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